femaleness
noun
- degree of femininity, abstract concept comprised of characteristics of female sex or gender
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfiːmeɪlnɪs/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin fēmella Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English female Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English femaleness From female + -ness.
- The characteristic, state or condition of being female.
“In hunting or agrarian societies dependent upon nature, femaleness was honored as an immanent principle of fertility.”